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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 33
TO ESTABLISH THE ATHLETIC INJURY MANAGEMENT
RULE EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, in 1979, the General Assembly enacted Chapter 986, An Act to Provide Sports Medicine and Emergency Paramedical Services, and Emergency Life Saving Skills to Students in the Public Schools; and
WHEREAS, that Act directed the State Board of Education to establish minimum educational standards necessary to enable individuals serving as sports medicine and emergency paramedical staff to provide those services; and
WHEREAS, by Rule currently codified as 16 NCAC 6E .0203, the State Board adopted a rule that provided for “teacher athletic trainers” to provide these services for students who participate in high school interscholastic athletic programs; and
WHEREAS, by Session Law 1997-387, the General Assembly enacted the “Athletic Trainers Licensing Act,” one effect of which was that the State Board of Education needed to review and revise the qualifications and terminology for those persons who provide athletic injury management services to student-athletes but who are not licensed athletic trainers; and
WHEREAS, on December 31, 2001, the State Board adopted a temporary amendment to 16 NCAC 6E .0203; on July 11, 2002, the Board adopted amendments following a public hearing; and on August 15, 2002, the Rules Review Commission approved the permanent rule; and
WHEREAS, the standard effective date of the permanent rule under the Administrative Procedure Act. N.C. Gen. Stat. § 150B-1 et seq., would be March 1, 2003, at the earliest; and
WHEREAS, for high schools to obtain and provide necessary athletic injury management services to student-athletes in a timely and cost-effective manner it is necessary that the permanent rule become effective for the Fall 2002 sports season; and

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 33
TO ESTABLISH THE ATHLETIC INJURY MANAGEMENT
RULE EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, in 1979, the General Assembly enacted Chapter 986, An Act to Provide Sports Medicine and Emergency Paramedical Services, and Emergency Life Saving Skills to Students in the Public Schools; and
WHEREAS, that Act directed the State Board of Education to establish minimum educational standards necessary to enable individuals serving as sports medicine and emergency paramedical staff to provide those services; and
WHEREAS, by Rule currently codified as 16 NCAC 6E .0203, the State Board adopted a rule that provided for “teacher athletic trainers” to provide these services for students who participate in high school interscholastic athletic programs; and
WHEREAS, by Session Law 1997-387, the General Assembly enacted the “Athletic Trainers Licensing Act,” one effect of which was that the State Board of Education needed to review and revise the qualifications and terminology for those persons who provide athletic injury management services to student-athletes but who are not licensed athletic trainers; and
WHEREAS, on December 31, 2001, the State Board adopted a temporary amendment to 16 NCAC 6E .0203; on July 11, 2002, the Board adopted amendments following a public hearing; and on August 15, 2002, the Rules Review Commission approved the permanent rule; and
WHEREAS, the standard effective date of the permanent rule under the Administrative Procedure Act. N.C. Gen. Stat. § 150B-1 et seq., would be March 1, 2003, at the earliest; and
WHEREAS, for high schools to obtain and provide necessary athletic injury management services to student-athletes in a timely and cost-effective manner it is necessary that the permanent rule become effective for the Fall 2002 sports season; and